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Is Winning Everything Or Are There More Benefits In The Lessons Of Losing?

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At the end of a sports game, someone or a team emerges as the winner and another as the loser. It may feel like the end of the world for the losing team, but a brilliant coach will help them to see the advantages of their loss. Don’t be surprised that we said, “advantages of loss”. There’s nothing that is all bad and there are pros and cons to everything, including something like losing that already seems like a loss.

 

Winning is great, but it isn’t everything in the end. Lawful self-defense or protecting the weak and vulnerable due to imminent threats of survival may be exceptions where one believes winning becomes everything.


There is also so much to learn from losing that winning will never teach you. Looking at the advantages and disadvantages of winning and losing may help you to see that this idea of winning not always being so great and losing not being the end of the world are not so weird after all. This is in no way discouraging people from wanting to win in life, but putting winning and losing into their proper perspectives.


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Advantages Of Winning

•     There is nothing more valuable than feeling good about yourself and your achievements and winning does that to you. It is a great confidence boost, and it becomes a point of reference in your past a time when you did everything right or effectively.

•     Winning gives you a sense of validation. That is because you know that you did everything right or effectively, your methods and process were right or effective, and the result of your hard work is your success or win. It provides you with a blueprint of success.

•     These positive feelings of experiencing a win can keep you excited and motivated to continue the game and build momentum.

 

Disadvantages Of Winning

The idea that there are disadvantages to winning sounds ridiculous right? But just hear us out:

•     Eventually, winning can become boring. You may be thinking that you'd never tire of winning. Yet, there are no more challenges to push you (higher or further), nothing that you’re fighting for, and you can tend to become complacent in your actions. Yes, you can keep pursuing another win, but what happens if you lose that "winner's high"?

•     When you’re content with just a win, learning can become much harder because you've limited your desire to learn (more) or don’t have to work hard anymore. When these feelings set in, you’re more vulnerable to developing bad habits that can prevent further wins and that can set you back (at the beginning).

•     Winning can give you a false sense of your abilities and this can be detrimental. It can cause you to overestimate your abilities or underestimate any opponents. Remember because you won does not necessarily mean you are the best. There may be bigger and better challenges or opponents that you have not yet faced. So, if you start believing that your win is a result of how great you are, you may be setting yourself up for failure.

 

Advantages Of Losing

Hardly anyone likes to lose especially if receiving rewards or recognition is a part of winning. So, the idea that losing has advantages sounds absurd and is not something that a lot of people would like to consider, but let’s look at it this way:

•     Loss is simply a part of life. So, thinking that you won’t suffer loss at any time is simply foolhardy. Losing is not the end game, but a means to an end because it helps you to build character and can help you improve your mindset, sportsmanship, and skills. How you respond to losing is what builds your character.

•     Losing can force you to evaluate or re-evaluate yourself to find what doesn’t work and figure out how to fix it. It can motivate you to learn, think, and strategize for the future. A loss can hurt, but if you force yourself to pick up some lessons from your loss, you will emerge even better than the last. How many times have you seen a team losing during a game have a comeback and win the game?


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Disadvantages Of Losing

•     Simply put, the disadvantage of losing is losing. You may ask yourself, ‘What is fun about being on the losing side?’ I’m sure no team has ever considered losing to be a great feat.

•     Losing can make you lose interest in an activity when you can be focusing on getting better to enjoy the activity even more.

•     Losing can make you feel bad and losing constantly can kill your confidence as well. No one wants to feel this way.


 

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Learning To Deal With Loss And Failure

We have all seen our favorite athletes cry from winning and shout in excitement when they win a game. We have also seen them acting out in vexation from a loss, yelling, sometimes even breaking things, and generally displaying the less attractive side of themselves.

 

This is to show that the idea of winning and losing comes with rather strong emotions and learning to manage these emotions correctly and gracefully is what matters to help you build character and human connections with your opponents and others around you. Winning might make you feel good (temporarily), the fact that you could beat the game and your opponent can bring about a strong ego boost and sudden burst of confidence.

 

On the other hand, losing might feel out of control. The realization that you weren’t as good as you thought can make you feel more vulnerable than you care to admit. The worst thing about losing is that no matter how many times you win, it is the big losses that may stay with you. You may think about them. Losing can emphasize your flaws and weaknesses in your mind. This can give you motive, drive, and a clear objective to improve and push more for winning.

 

However, how you handle these emotions is key. So, consider practicing losing gracefully and respectfully before you take any loss so that you are not mentally defeated if you take a loss. While learning to lose, giving up is the only real loss, because, at that point, you are giving up the opportunities for growth and development through strategies and success is no longer an option. So, never give up if you lose.


 

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Conclusion

“The winner takes it all” is not completely an accurate statement because while the winner gets rewarded with accolades, trophies, medals, and of course, an ego boost, the loser can learn to master their skills and techniques through continuous training and eventually step up their game to unimagined levels. 

 

Sure, losing sucks and everyone wants to win, but it is important that you don’t get carried away with the emotions of a loss and instead find the lessons in life that are better than winning and use them as learning opportunities that will then guarantee your success whether you win or lose.

 

Remember that in the world we live in, success is subjective, and neither winning nor losing is everything. Real success is when winners and losers gain something valuable and positive aside from trophies, medals, recognition, etc. and learn valuable lessons, experience self-growth, self-development, and build human connections.

 

(Disclaimer: Nothing in this article should be construed to be legal, business, or therapeutic advice.)

 

References

The Art Of War By Sun Tzu

Winning Isn’t Everything: Sometimes It’s Good To Lose

10 reasons why winning and losing are important for children

Why Losing Is More Important Than Winning

The Benefits Of Losing

IS LEARNING TO LOSE AS IMPORTANT AS WINNING?

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